一名男子周二在华盛顿特区获释，此前他因涉嫌在白宫附近对一名国民警卫队队员比划“手指枪”而被捕并被指控恐吓威胁。
A man was released from custody in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after being arrested and charged with making threats for allegedly pointing a “finger gun” toward a National Guard member near the White House.
根据周一日期的逮捕宣誓书，威廉·克拉克据报对一辆由一名身穿制服的警卫队员驾驶、行驶在白宫椭圆草坪边街道上的货车做出了“用手指枪做射击手势”的动作。该现役军人和其他附近的战友随即将其控制，随后华盛顿特区都会警察局警员赶到现场。
According to an arrest affidavit dated Monday, William Clark reportedly made “a shooting gesture with a finger gun” toward a van a uniformed guardsman was driving on a street lining the White House ellipse. The service member and other nearby troops then detained him before D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers arrived on scene.
根据宣誓书，都会警察以“以恐吓方式进行威胁和袭击警察”将威廉姆斯逮捕。
Metro Police arrested Williams for “threats in a menacing manner and assault on a police officer,” according to the affidavit.
11月3日的一份法庭文件显示，他被指控犯有“以恐吓方式实施袭击或威胁袭击”罪，属轻罪，文件中未提及针对执法人员袭击的单独指控。
A Nov. 3 court filing shows he was charged with “assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner,” a misdemeanor, but does not mention any separate charges for assault against a law enforcement officer.
根据特区法律，“以恐吓方式威胁袭击”罪最高可判处180天监禁或处以1000美元罚款。
The “threatened assault in a menacing manner” charge carries a maximum sentence of up to 180 days in prison or an $1,000 fine, per D.C. law.
国民警卫队在国家首都已驻扎逾一年，尽管警卫队员近期在周二的中期选举期间被部署至至少七个州——主要用于监控投票箱和协助选举安全工作。
The National Guard has had a presence in the nation’s capital for over a year, though guardsmen were recently deployed to at least seven states during Tuesday’s midterms — primarily for monitoring ballot boxes and assisting in election security efforts.
他们在投票站和特区的驻扎并未得到地方官员——以及民主党议员——的认可，后者称该部署没有必要、成本高昂且缺乏明确战略。批评者还驳回了特朗普总统关于国民警卫队大幅降低了首都犯罪率的论点，理由是警卫队员无权逮捕，且未部署在高犯罪率地区。
Their presence at the polls and in D.C. has not gone over well with local officials — as well as Democratic lawmakers — who have said the deployment is unnecessary, costly and lacking a clear strategy. Critics have also rejected President Trump’s argument that the National Guard has significant reduced crime in the capital, arguing guardsmen can’t make arrests and haven’t been stationed in high crime areas.
一名警卫队官员此前向《国会山报》证实，预计五角大楼将让国民警卫队留驻华盛顿特区，直到2029年就职日。
A guard official previously confirmed to The Hill the Pentagon is expected to keep a National Guard in D.C. until Inauguration Day 2029.
10月，一名国民警卫队队员在试图制止华盛顿特区的一场斗殴时腿部中枪。去年，又有两名队员在距离白宫几个街区的地方遭枪击，造成一人死亡、一人重伤。
In October, one guardsman was shot in the leg while trying to break up a fight in D.C. Last year, two more were shot blocks away from the White House, killing one and critically wounding the other.